| Dimensions: | 83 x 46 x 24 mm |
| Weight: | 94 g |
| Display: | 65,536-colour TFT and 128×160 pixel |
Price Range: $319.99 to $319.99
Express, excite, impress!
Change covers, ringtones, images and light effect to truly customize this versatile clamshell with sleek design and an impressive array of features.
The Sony Ericsson Z520i is a small & sophisticated camera phone which comes with a clamshell opening mechanism. The phone is light for the user to hold & carry around which only weighs 94 grams. The Z520i has a looped antenna which also works as a sleek & stylish hand strap loop. The Z520i is available in a choice of two attractive & subtle colours which are chalky white & sandy grey. The phone comes with easily removable front & back covers which can be replaced with an optional extra of Style Up™ covers. The Style Up™ covers come in different colours & with different textured finishes to create a personal feel to suit the users taste. The Z520i comes from the same family as the Sony Ericsson Z530i which is also a beautifully designed clamshell phone but is very different in design & features.
The MP3 player supports both MP3 & AAC formats, as well as MPEG4 video and is reasonably good, but with only 16 Mbytes of shared memory available you won’t be able to store more than about 3 tracks. MP3/AAC ringtones are supported, and the Z520i has a cool feature that lets you have any combination of ringtones, images and lighting effects when you receive a call.
Flipped open, the Z520i continues the all white theme, and the blue backlit keypad is an extremely nice touch. A flashy feature is the light effects, which notify you of incoming calls, missed calls and new messages. For example, when the phone rings, and you flip the Z520i open to answer the incoming call, the area surrounding the keypad lights up and flashes to the music of your ring tone. These lights can be adjusted to settings such as Waterfall, Heartbeat and Fountain. Call us easily amused, but in the day and age where mobile phones are seemingly fashion statements rather than communication devices, we liked this feature.
The covers are changeable - currently available in chalky white or sandy grey. You can also customise the phone with ringtones, Java games, animated wallpaper and themes. The Z520i supports all types of connectivity with other devices: Bluetooth, USB, infra-red and a new connection type called Fast Port that enables faster data transfer from phone to PC and PC to phone and also serves as a charging port. Other features of the phone include a web browser, high-speed data, quadband support and a picture phonebook. Battery life is average.
Camera
* Camera - 0.3-megapixel (VGA)
* Digital zoom - 4x
* Video record
Music
* Media Player
* Music tones
* PlayNow™
Messaging
* Email:
* MMS (Multimedia Messaging)
* Predictive text input
* SMS long (Text Messaging)
* Sound recorder
Connectivity
* Bluetooth™ technology
* Infrared port
* Modem
* Synchronisation PC
* USB support
